Classical Numismatic
1085. JUDAEA, Hasmonean Kings. Mattathias Antigonos. 40-37 BC. JE 14mm (1.61 gm). "Mattatayah" in wreath / Grain ear between comuacopiae. AJC I pg.159, Y; Hendin 36. Good VF, desert patina. ($1)ש
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1091. Herod Antipas. Year 33 (29 AD). JE 15mm (2.99 gm). HPWAOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch / TIBE PIAC in wreath. AJC Π pg.242,7; RPC 4924. VF, desert patina. ($250)
Ex CNG Auction XXXI (9-10 September 1994), lot 442.
1086. Herodian Kings. Herod I. Year 3 (40 BC). JE 2 Prutot (1.95 gm). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ, winged caduceus; date and monogram / Poppy. AJC Π pg.235,3; Hendin 41. VF, black patina. ($2)ש
1092. Herod Antipas. Year 34 (30 AD). JE 22mm (10.22 gm). HPWAOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch / TIBE PIAC in wreath. AJC Π pg.242,9; RPC 4926. VF, black patina. ($250)
1087. Herod I. Year 3 (40 BC). JE Prutah (1.79 gm). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ, aplustre; date and monogram / Palm branch with fillets(?). AJC Π pg.235,5; Hendin 42. Good VF, encrusted green patina. ($2)ש 1093. Herod Antipas. Year 34 (30 AD). JE 20mm (6.68 gm). HPWAOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch / TIBE PIAC in wreath. AJC Π pg.242,10; RPC 4927. VF, desert patina. ($250)
1088. Herodian Kings. Herod Antipas. Year 24 (20 AD). JE 20mm (8.28 gm). HPWAY TETPAPXOY, upright reed / ΉΒΕ PIAC in wreath. AJC Π pg.242,2; RPC 4919. VF, desert patina. ($4)ש Herod Antipas suffers eternal opprobrium from his role in the deaths of John the 1094. Herod Antipas. Year 43 (39 AD). JE 22mm (13.05 gm). HPWAHI Baptist and Jesus. It was his dancing step-daughter Salome that enticed him into presenting her with the head ofJohn, and he refused to intercede when Pilate asked himΤΕΓΡΑΡΧΗΣ, palm branch / ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑ1ΣΑΡΙ ΓΕΡΜΑ ΝΙΚΩ in wreath. AJC ($400) to consider the fate ofJesus. Even without the Biblical marks against him, Antipas ap- Π pg.243,17; RPC 4934. Fine, desert patina. pears as a weakand envious character. He was denied the kingdom ofJudaea granted him by Herod I, being left only the tetrarchy of Galilee and Peraea by his brother Ex Superior Galleries (June 1992), lot 4484. Archelaus. His badgering wife Herodias (mother of Salome) urged him to go to Rome to petition for a greater position when his brother-in-law Agrippa (brother ofHewdias) was appointed king by Caligula in 37 BC. The trip ended with Antipas' exile. His coins show the symbol and name of Tiberias, the capital hefounded on the shores of Lake Galilee in 18 AD, named after the emperor. The city was constructed on the site ofan ancien t burial ground, sofew Jews would live there. It tuas a Greek city, known for the rajfishness of its inlwbitants until its deiOstation in the initial phases of the Jewish revolt of 66 AD. 1095. Herodian Kings. Herod Philip Π. Year 34 (30/31 AD). JE 14mm (3.46 gm). Paneas mint. ΙΟΥΛΙΑ CEBACTH, draped bust of Julia / KAPnCXHOPOC, hand holding three grain ears. AJC Π pg.278,1; Hendin 71b; RPC 4949. Near VF, black patina. Rare. ($300) Ex CNG Auction XXXI (9-10 September 1994), lot 1335. 1089. Herod Antipas. Year 24 (20 AD). JE 14mm (3.95 gm). HPWAOY TETPAPXO, upright reed / TIBE PLAC in wreath. AJC Π pg.242,3; RPC 4920. VF, desert patina. ($250)
1090. Herod Antipas. Year 24 (20 AD). JE 10mm (1.45 gm). HPW TEPT, upright reed / Ή BE in wreath. AJC Π pg.242,4; RPC 4921. VF, desert patina. ($2)ש
10%. Herodian Kings. Agrippa Π. Circa 63-68 AD. JE 17mm (6.58 gm). Neronias mint. (ΝΕΡΩΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ) ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, laureate head of Nero; star / ΕΠΙ ΒΑΟΛΕ ΑΓΡΙΠΠ ΝΕΡΩ NIE in circle in wreath. AJC Π pg-250,2; Hendin 80; RPC 4989. VF, dark brown patina. ($200)
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